Vision Ears and Rhines Custom Monitors (formerly Compact Monitors)
Dec 6, 2021 at 6:30 PM Post #4,291 of 5,715
MEXT? Just wait a few months and there will be a new batch of TOTL offerings for your purchasing pleasure.

CanJam NYC should be an exciting show, and I’m anticipating many new product releases.
 
Dec 6, 2021 at 9:21 PM Post #4,292 of 5,715
Hey guys, try some TWS tips. They have been impressing me with comfort lately. Specially the Spinfit version. It works well with long nozzles.
 
Dec 6, 2021 at 10:16 PM Post #4,293 of 5,715
It borderline upsets me that these don’t work for my ears. Such a unique sounding IEM that was just fun to listen to even with its quirks.

This is how the EXT looks in comparison to my A12t, pretty easy to tell why I struggled so much with the fit. That part that comes before the nozzle to put the tip on is just too big for me.

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Hopefully VE will figure out how to make them in CIEM but it looks very unlikely, oh well. I’ll be keeping an eye out for more DD low IEMs because I’ll miss that bass quality the EXT brought.

Wow, I think I have big ear holes because they just gobble up the EXT. Here's my Odin CIEM for comparison.

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Can't go any deeper than this with the Azla Crystal MS size:

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Dec 7, 2021 at 1:52 AM Post #4,294 of 5,715
I hope this helps anyone who is having fit issues a little, but I do understand how these may be a bit intrusive for some people who prefer a more shallow fit with their iems.
I pretty much wear all my IEMs shallow fit for the exact same reason you struggle with EXT. Will definitely wait for a tour to try these. There's always *something* in the way of a 'perfect' IEM. If it's not bass, it's fit, or forward mids, or peaky treble. I think it's all a conspiracy so we don't ever get to settle on just one! 😝
 
Dec 7, 2021 at 1:56 AM Post #4,295 of 5,715
CanJam NYC should be an exciting show, and I’m anticipating many new product releases.
Are you flying out? Looks like there will be more product manufacturers there than Socal.
 
Dec 7, 2021 at 3:28 AM Post #4,296 of 5,715
Are you flying out? Looks like there will be more product manufacturers there than Socal.

I’m not going, but it’s a much bigger event than SoCal from what I’ve read, a ripe environment for product releases. 👍
 
Dec 7, 2021 at 3:58 AM Post #4,297 of 5,715
Hopefully VE will figure out how to make them in CIEM but it looks very unlikely, oh well. I’ll be keeping an eye out for more DD low IEMs because I’ll miss that bass quality the EXT brought.
This won't happen, I have had the discussion... with my ears it could technically work 4 EST (I have 3 customs that have 4 EST) but that would mean custom for some and not for others so... also VE chose to have the 4EST very close to the exit of the bore for better yield so there is that...
 
Dec 8, 2021 at 4:04 AM Post #4,298 of 5,715
:sob:rip wallet
I think this is different enough to the Phonix that I will be keeping both. Erlk LE sounds very dense and weighty while Phonix is very effortless.
welp....time to shift some other stuff around, I guess....

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Dec 8, 2021 at 6:15 AM Post #4,299 of 5,715
I’m using the ve elysium for some ambient music this morning. Plays it absolutely beautifully
 
Dec 8, 2021 at 7:13 AM Post #4,301 of 5,715
:sob:rip wallet
I think this is different enough to the Phonix that I will be keeping both. Erlk LE sounds very dense and weighty while Phonix is very effortless.
welp....time to shift some other stuff around, I guess....

Mmm, I was hoping to skip the Phonix... I'm not so sure anymore.. 😊
 
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Dec 8, 2021 at 10:56 AM Post #4,303 of 5,715
Some unboxing

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may the sound be with you ✌️
 
Dec 8, 2021 at 11:23 AM Post #4,304 of 5,715
Any more direct A/B's of Traillii vs. Phönix? The more forward mids (signature spice of the Erlky) sounds enticing, but I do have some concerns with overall timbre of the Phonix, along with its bass presentation because even at setting 3, the midbass to subbass ratio was off from my preferences.
 

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